Deux Dialogues sur la Peinture, Par M. Fenelon, Archevêque de Cambray

by François de Salignac de la Mothe– FÉNelon

$750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

3 p.l., iv, 39 pp. 18mo 142 x 96 mm. , cont. brown sheep-backed boards extremities a trifle worn , uncut. London: Ballintine & Byworth, 1811. One of 100 copies, privately printed; this is a bibliophilic re-publication of Fénelon’s elegant dialogues on the importance of a ruler engaging with and actively promoting the fine arts. Initially meant for private distribution only, this edition was printed in three issues: 50 copies in 18mo, 40 on grand

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